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Book Synopsis The Story of American Roads (Classic Reprint) by : Virginia Hart
Download or read book The Story of American Roads (Classic Reprint) written by Virginia Hart and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-09 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Story of American Roads This is the story of American roads - why and how they were built, and where they led. It is also the story of the men who made the roads, and the women and children who journeyed with them. They were courageous people, although they never stopped to think about it. It took courage and patience and strength to cut a path through wilderness country. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis Historic Highways of America, Vol. 16 by : Archer Butler Hulbert
Download or read book Historic Highways of America, Vol. 16 written by Archer Butler Hulbert and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-20 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Historic Highways of America, Vol. 16: Index HE fact that the words trace, trail, T and road are often used interchange ably has made it necessary in this index to classify them as follows: all buffalo routes are given here as traces, Indian routes as trails, and white men's routes as roads. To know the history Of a given road, therefore, it may be necessary to look for it under both its modern and its ancient name. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis Historic Highways of America, Vol. 1 of 11 by : Archer Butler Hulbert
Download or read book Historic Highways of America, Vol. 1 of 11 written by Archer Butler Hulbert and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Historic Highways of America, Vol. 1 of 11: Pioneer Roads and Experiences of Travelers The first chapter of this volume presents an introduction to the two volumes of this series devoted to Pioneer Roads and Experiences of Travelers. The evolution of American highways from Indian trail to macadamized road is described; the Lancaster Turnpike, the first macadamized road in the United States, being taken as typical of roads of the latter sort. An experience of a noted traveler, Francis Baily, the eminent British astronomer, is presented in chapter two. The third chapter is devoted to the story of Zane's Trace from Virginia to Kentucky across Ohio, and its terminal, the famous Maysville Pike. It was this highway which precipitated President Jackson's veto of the Internal Improvement Bill of 1830, one of the epoch-making vetoes in our economic history. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis American Highways by : Nathaniel Southgate Shaler
Download or read book American Highways written by Nathaniel Southgate Shaler and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-16 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from American Highways: A Popular Account of Their Conditions and of the Means by Which They May Be Bettered HE historian of this country for the century which is now drawing to its close is likely to note the fact that the people of the United States bore in a singularly patient manner with the evils arising from poor carriage roads until near the end of the tenth decade, and that they then were suddenly aroused to a sense of the sore tax the ill condition of these necessary features of civilization had long inflicted upon them. Let us hope that he may be able to say that in approaching this great economic prob lem, they did so in a manner which showed that they were well informed as to the conditions under which they could deal with it in the light of the previous experience of men, and with the help which the resources of modern science could afl'ord them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis The Old National Road by : Archer Butler Hulbert
Download or read book The Old National Road written by Archer Butler Hulbert and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-18 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Old National Road: A Chapter of American Expansion OR material used in this volume the F author is largely in the debt of the librarians of the State Libraries of Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. From the Honorable C. B. Galbreath, of the Ohio State Library, he has received much assistance covering an extended period. To the late Thomas B. Searight's valuable collection of biograph ical and colloquial sketches, T lze Old Pike, the author wishes to express his great indebtedness. AS Mr. Searight gave Special attention to the road in Pennsylvania, the present monograph deals at large with the story of the road west of the Ohio River, especially in the state of Ohio. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis The Old Pike by : Thomas B. Searight
Download or read book The Old Pike written by Thomas B. Searight and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-18 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Old Pike: A History of the National Road, With Incidents, Accidents, and Anecdotes Thereon Old' volumes of classic lore, but an accurate and complete history of its inception, purpose, construction and development, with the inci dents, accidents and anecdotes, which of necessity were connected with it, seems never to have been written. This should not be said of the great National Road of the United States of America. The Appian Way has been called the Queen of Roads. We claim for our National highway that it was the King of Roads. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis American Rural Highways (Classic Reprint) by : T. R. Agg
Download or read book American Rural Highways (Classic Reprint) written by T. R. Agg and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from American Rural Highways American Rural Highways was written for use as a text or reference in courses dealing with rural highways and intended for agricultural engineers, students in agriculture and for short courses and extension courses. The reader is assumed to have familiarity with drawing and surveying, but the text is adapted primarily for students who do not receive training along the lines of the usual course in Highway or Civil Engineering. The text is intended to familiarize the student with the relation of highway improvement to national progress, to indicate the various problems of highway administration and to set forth the usual methods of design and construction for rural highways in sufficient detail to establish a clear understanding of the distinguishing characteristics and relative serviceability of each of the common types of roadway surface. Experience with classes made up of students in agriculture or agricultural engineering and with trade school students in road making served as a guide in the selection and arrangement of the material. Detailed discussion of tests of materials and of the theory of design has to a considerable extent been eliminated as being outside of the scope of the course for which the text is intended. In the preparation of American Rural Highways reference was had to many books on highway subjects and to current periodical literature. Wherever direct extracts were made from such source, appropriate acknowledgment appears in the text. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis Good Roads Year Book, 1916 (Classic Reprint) by : American Highway Association
Download or read book Good Roads Year Book, 1916 (Classic Reprint) written by American Highway Association and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-10 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Good Roads Year Book, 1916 It seems probable that during 1916 about 8300, 000 000 will be spent on highways and highway bridges in the United States. This 18 the equivalent of nearly one-third of the total expen of the federal government for the fiscal year 1913-1914. It is then apparent that the Good Roads movement is not atrop hied by lack of funds. The real p'roblem 18 that of intelligent and ef fective use of the large funds actually available. It is to this problem that the American Highway Association addresses its activities. The appeal 1s to the average citizen who 13 asked to vote for the issue of highway bonds and who pays road taxes, well as to the expert. It is an appeal for understanding of the facts of the use of moneys devoted to road building and road maintenance in the interest of the largest economicalng results. It is then a campaign of general education of road building methods upon which the American H1gta Asssociation 1s engaged. It 1s not an advocate of a particular method but an exponent and critic of all methods found to be m actual use - the bad as well as the good. It believes m publicity and discussion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis Roads of Rural America (Classic Reprint) by : Arvin R. Bunker
Download or read book Roads of Rural America (Classic Reprint) written by Arvin R. Bunker and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-09-09 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Roads of Rural America An adequate road system is essential for the economic and social well-being of tho u.s. Rural population. The typical rural family relies on the road system for essential communication between town and city service centers. Children are bused to school. Farm produce is shipped, farm supplies are delivered, and repair parts, groceries, and household supplies are purchased many times throughout the week. Many vehicles, such as school buses and milk trucks, require year - round accessibility, Many rural families have one or more members who commute to factory or service jobs just as regularly as families who live in the cities. It is neither possible nor desirable for rural families to live in isolation. Technological advancements have imposed the need that rural residents have better and safer roads. Faster speeds of passenger vehicles require smoother road surfaces for easy control and wider roads and intersections for safety. The heavier weights of vehicles require stronger roadbeds and bridges. Many rural roads do not meet reasonable standards for today's use. Other roads, adequate now, will deteriorate if funds are not available for required maintenance. Rural America's road network is approaching a crisis in many areas. Roads are deteriorating, maintenance expenses escalate because of inflation, and maintenance and new construction funds are decreasing. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis Proceedings of the Fourth American Road Congress by : American Road Congress
Download or read book Proceedings of the Fourth American Road Congress written by American Road Congress and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-12 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Proceedings of the Fourth American Road Congress: Under Auspices of American Highway Association, American Automobile Association I think that the average man is willing that the State shall relieve the counties of roads that are really interstate in their use, and We simply advance another point when we say that the States themselves are going to look to the general government for a certain amount of cooperation and support in those roads that go from State to State. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis Highway Transportation Re-Makes America (Classic Reprint) by : National Highway Users Conference
Download or read book Highway Transportation Re-Makes America (Classic Reprint) written by National Highway Users Conference and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Highway Transportation Re-Makes America Outstanding in the progress of highway transportation in recent years is the uplifting of safety standards. Highway fatalities during the first half of 1939 were about a fifth less than they were a few years ago. At that rate, more than lives are being saved annually because of these improved safety condi tions, and the outlook is that continued progress in that direction will be made in the future. Better motor vehicles and better roads, plus a driving public which is becoming educated to the simple rules of safety, are making highway transportation safer. To day it is safer to ride a mile in an automobile than ever before, despite the great increase in highway traffic. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis Historic Highways of America, Vol. 2 by : Archer Butler Hulbert
Download or read book Historic Highways of America, Vol. 2 written by Archer Butler Hulbert and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-31 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Historic Highways of America, Vol. 2: Indian Thoroughfares But they have left their trails behind them - and nothing else so interesting, so pregnant with varied memories, so rich in historical suggestion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis Down That Pan American Highway (Classic Reprint) by : Roger Stephens
Download or read book Down That Pan American Highway (Classic Reprint) written by Roger Stephens and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-11-12 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Down That Pan American Highway At sunset Mrs. Stephens arrived at the Los Amates camp where she spent a most pleasant night as guest of the staff of the Road Administration to whom she is very grateful for everything they did for her. The next day our visitor with her husband, a New York publisher who is writing a book on the Pan American Highway, arrived in this city where they were guests of the Road Administration. They came in a truck which the Section Chief lng. Zurita Vazquez had kindly put at their disposal. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis The Gospel of Good Roads by : Isaac B. Potter
Download or read book The Gospel of Good Roads written by Isaac B. Potter and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-20 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Gospel of Good Roads: A Letter to the American Farmer In these days, when the voice of your complaint is loud in the land, and a thousand partisans are declaiming a thousand theories to account for the decline of agriculture, I will try to write you a letter, in which, I believe, I can make it appear that the greatest remedy for the cure of unprofitable farming lies in your own hands. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis Road Legislation for the American State (Classic Reprint) by : Jeremiah Whipple Jenks
Download or read book Road Legislation for the American State (Classic Reprint) written by Jeremiah Whipple Jenks and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-31 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Road Legislation for the American State The principal reason for this comparative neglect of the common roads in nearly all countries is, of course, to be found in the astonishing growth of the railway systems, and, since the invention of the steamboat, of commerce by water. These have ren dered unnecessary long roads such as the ancient Aztecs and Romans found it wise to build for com mercial and military purposes. Then, too, though the railroads have not really lessened the importance of the wagon road, they seem to have done so and they certainly have overshadowed it in political import ance, so that legislators, naturally, have passed it by. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis Good Roads Year Book, 1917 (Classic Reprint) by : American Highway Association
Download or read book Good Roads Year Book, 1917 (Classic Reprint) written by American Highway Association and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Good Roads Year Book, 1917 The public interest in road improvements during the last two years has been steadily growing but it has been largely exhibited in a willingness to vote road bonds and to assume road taxes The use of the funds so made available has apparently not yet given the American public any sustained concern. The reason is not far to seek. It lies 1n the assumption that highway con struction and maintenance require little more than good faith and common sense. Many persons without engineering expe ricuce have been persuaded to acquiesce in methods of work which lead to unnecessary waste. Highway engineers throughout the country have been confronted with the necessity of directing the energies of enthusiastic advocates of better roads along lines at once financially and economically wise. Such educational work has been and still 18 no small task for men so busily engaged in the discharge of their usual duties as are the professional road builders. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis Roads Were Not Built for Cars by : Carlton Reid
Download or read book Roads Were Not Built for Cars written by Carlton Reid and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2015-04-09 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Roads Were Not Built for Cars, Carlton Reid reveals the pivotal—and largely unrecognized—role that bicyclists played in the development of modern roadways. Reid introduces readers to cycling personalities, such as Henry Ford, and the cycling advocacy groups that influenced early road improvements, literally paving the way for the motor car. When the bicycle morphed from the vehicle of rich transport progressives in the 1890s to the “poor man’s transport” in the 1920s, some cyclists became ardent motorists and were all too happy to forget their cycling roots. But, Reid explains, many motor pioneers continued cycling, celebrating the shared links between transport modes that are now seen as worlds apart. In this engaging and meticulously researched book, Carlton Reid encourages us all to celebrate those links once again.
